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- Title
CITIZENSHIP AND BELONGING TO CANADA: RELIGIOUS AND GENERATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION.
- Authors
Wong, Lloyd L.; Simon, Ronald R.
- Abstract
For active citizenship to occur amongst immigrant, ethnic, and religious groups in Canada there needs to be a strong sense of belonging to Canada for people in these communities. In the post 9-11 era there has been a growing literature on the challenges of multiculturalism with respect to ethnic and religious diversity. As a consequence, this paper investigates the effects of religion and generation on sense of belonging to Canada. The authors utilize the Ethnic Diversity Survey to empirically delineate how religious and generational differences affect sense of belonging while controlling for typical demographic variables and discrimination. Whereas generally the native-born have a greater likelihood for a very strong sense of belonging-when compared to the foreign-born-this finding masks very important religious differences. What stands out when the interaction effects of religion and nativity are examined, is the paucity of a strong sense of belonging amongst 2nd + generation Muslims. This finding begs for more research to explain why this is the case.
- Subjects
CANADA; CITIZENSHIP; MULTICULTURALISM; CULTURAL pluralism; MUSLIMS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Social Research, 2009, p3
- ISSN
1920-2121
- Publication type
Article